pimp

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Lamar told the crowd at the Hey Neighbor festival that his 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly was inspired by his first visit to South Africa.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Albert Hughes — one half of the Hughes Brothers — is known for putting out classic films that exposed the many social ills in America, like "Menace II Society," "American Pimp" and "Dead Presidents."

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2023

His Grammy-winning, platinum-selling 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly delivered what became an anthem of defiance - Alright - for Black Lives Matter protesters following the killing of George Floyd.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

The trio heavily sculpted the sound of Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” the most critically acclaimed hip-hop album of the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

But it was West Indian Archie and Sammy the Pimp for whom I was primarily looking.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey